Test 3 · ★ · Conservation: how people help animals come back

«why'd they bring wolves back, wolves just kill stuff» How can a predator help plants?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, wolves · What happens: bring back, kill · To what, where: wolves, stuff

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 78 «Conservation: how people help animals come back» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 bring	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 bring	advmod
3	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 bring	aux
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bring	nsubj
5	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bring	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	5 bring	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kill	punct
9	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 kill	nsubj
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 kill	advmod
11	kill	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bring	conj
12	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kill	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 kill	punct
14	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 can	advmod
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 kill	advcl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 plants	det
17	predator	predator	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 help	compound
18	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 plants	compound
19	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 can	nsubj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 bring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring back in a quote	would	they	wolves					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme
2	kill in a quote	present	wolves	stuff					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

Wolves eat weeds that choke the trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	nsubj
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	weeds	weed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 choke	nsubj
5	choke	choke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 weeds	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trees	det
7	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 choke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Wolves	weeds					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weed=Patient
2	choke	present	weeds	the trees					vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tree=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Elk changed where they grazed, so some riverside trees grew again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elk	elk	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 changed	nsubj
2	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 grazed	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 grazed	nsubj
5	grazed	graze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 changed	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 grew	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 grew	advmod
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	10 trees	det
9	riverside	riverside	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 trees	compound
10	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 grew	nsubj
11	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 changed	conj
12	again	again	ADV	_	11 grew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	change	past	Elk		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	graze	past	Elk		vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	grow	past	some riverside trees	again	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Wolves scare away the rain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 scare	nsubj
2	scare	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 scare	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rain	det
5	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scare	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare away	present	Wolves	the rain				away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rain=Experiencer

Option 4

Wolves dig holes with their paws and bury seeds, which grow into trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dig	nsubj
2	dig	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dig	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 paws	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 paws	nmod:poss
6	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dig	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 bury	cc
8	bury	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 dig	conj
9	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bury	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 grow	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 grow	nsubj
12	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 seeds	acl:relcl
13	into	into	ADP	_	14 trees	case
14	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	dig	present	Wolves	holes	with Wolves's paws	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent hole=Theme with paw=Instrument
2	bury	present	Wolves not said here	seeds		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Theme
3	grow	present	seeds		into trees result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into tree=Result

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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